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The Psychosis of Whiteness

Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World

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The Psychosis of Whiteness

By: Kehinde Andrews
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Take a step through the looking glass to a strange land, one where Piers Morgan is a voice worth listening to about race, where white people buy self-help books to help them cope with their whiteness, where Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are seen by the majority of the population as 'the right (white) man for the job'. Perhaps you know it. All the inhabitants seem to be afflicted by a serious delusions, like that racism doesn't exist and if it does it can be cured with a one-hour inclusion seminar, and bizarre collective hallucinations, like the widely held idea that Britain's only role in slavery was to abolish it.

But there is a serious side too. Black and brown people suffer from a greater number of mental health difficulties, caused in no small part by living in a racist society. But being Black and brown has itself been pathologised by the young field of psychology. Society cannot face up to the racism at its heart and in its history, so the delusions, irrationalities and hallucinations it conjures up to avoid doing so can only best be described as a psychosis, and the costs are being borne by the sons and daughters of that racist history.

Kehinde Andrews is your piercing, wry and not a little funny guide back to sanity, unpicking the absurd and outrageous lies society tells to keep up the status quo and The Psychosis of Whiteness is your lifeboat out of this topsy turvey world.

©2023 Kehinde Andrews (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Racism & Discrimination Social Psychology & Interactions Social Sciences Thought-Provoking Funny Mental Health

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An excellent audiobook, insightful, sharp, challenging, and at times funny. I would recommend this audiobook to everybody.

Required listening for everybody.

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I suggest this book to everyone interested about racism and white supremacist ideology. I was very interested in listening this audiobook, it is quite interesting to hear the opinion of a black author on how racism is dealt with. I enjoyed the criticism on art, museums and film regarding the issues of racism and slavery. I agree with the fact that the white psychosis is still spread and common around the world.

Good essay on racism

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You did it again Prof. This was a really good book to listen to. I learnt new things, and I was challenged a few times. The psychosis is real. Definitely will be revisiting this book.

Great insight into racism and whiteness

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No nonsense book about racism that doesn’t shy away from discomfort and calling out idols that have not contributed as much as we thought

Realness about racism

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Well written and argued. Aside from those who appreciate the intelligence of Prof Andrews it would be great if this book were read by the lost, deluded and ignorant individuals who need the education - one can only hope they’d have the courage.

Well done

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I liked it all, my brain is still doing flips after finishing it. I want to meet Kehinde.

The delivery of everything within this book and what this book is about is incredibly punchy

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I loved the narration of the text. Everything was well explained and well delivered with a large pinch of humour. Will listen again

Humor

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Thoroughly enjoyed this text. Insightful text which flowed beautifully from concept to discussions. Especially enjoyable as it conveys the subject matter without bias.

Eye opening self reflection

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I was so happy to see this book was on Audible. In my later years I’ve found I have limited time to read, but I do have ample time to listen. Everyday chores and work are usually accompanied by the sounds of LBC in my home, so this was an easy transition. This book was exactly what I needed to hear. Being Black and hearing/ watching my story being used as a marketing tool to prove non racism was becoming sickening but I was beginning to think I was the only person who had a problem with the idea of “allies” etc. White allies is a term I’m very uncomfortable reading/ hearing especially when Black people say it. I agree that “anti racism” training is a nonsense and I’m bewildered by the many who are currently profiting from it.
The Kick it Out campaign, as an example, in football started in 1993, millions and millions of pounds have been spent on this movement, but a banana skin will still be thrown at a Black football player, playing in the highest tier of the sport. That’s because the psychosis of whiteness is one of the most powerful forces on the planet. This book clearly identifies it as so.

The bit about the plantation homes now being used as a wedding venue literally hit me hard.

Would anyone ever consider turning the gas chambers used in the holocaust into an air bnb experience?

What I like most is that this book doesn’t bore you to death with history lessons. The writer uses common knowledge narratives to highlight the sickness, who hasn’t heard of Nelson Mandela?

A must read for any Black person perplexed by todays world and wondering why civil rights hasn’t worked in our favour.

White folks can read this too, I’m not sure what you’ll get from it. Honestly, what you think is not my concern.

Thank you Dr Kehinde Andrews for writing this. It’s important that us Blacks in Britain show the world “we ain’t all stupid”. I think Black American literature and culture dominates the common thinking within Blacks and this needs to shift.

7 hours and 15 minutes of excellence

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Challenges racism on another level. A thought provoking read for anyone regardless of your race.

Mind blowing!

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